Seattle Repertory Theatre Presents: Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert

by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman Directed by Randal Myler Musical direction by Dan Wheetman

December 5 - 24, 2007 (Opening Night: Friday, December 7)

Seattle, WA - Come celebrate the holidays with Back Home Again: A John Denver Holiday Concert by the creators of Fire on the Mountain and Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, Dan Wheetman and Randal Myler. Back Home Again plays in the Bagley Wright Theatre from December 5 through December 24. Previews begin December 5, with opening night set for December 7. Tickets are available through the Seattle Repertory Theatre box office seven days a week at (206) 443-2222, toll-free at (877) 900-9285, as well as online at www.seattlerep.org. The Show: From the creators of It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues and Fire on the Mountain comes a holiday concert special featuring the music of John Denver, one of our most beloved singer/songwriters. Back Home Again features modern and traditional Christmas carols, as well as some of John Denver's most memorable hits, including "Thank God I'm a Country Boy," "Grandma's Feather Bed," and, of course, "Back Home Again." A perfect entertainment for family and friends, Back Home Again will take you to a place where life is sweet and full of promise. Seattle's own Dan Wheetman brings a winning authenticity to the concert-for seven years, he was a member of Denver's band. The Creators: Randal Myler was nominated for an Outer Critic's Circle Award in the Outstanding Director category for the New York production of Hank Williams: Lost Highway and was a Tony® Award nominee (Best Book of a Musical) for It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues. He has directed at theatres throughout the country. His other projects also include co-adapting, with Dan Wheetman, and directing Fire on the Mountain, and directing Union City (with Rosie Perez). Dan Wheetman recently received an Ovation Award in Los Angeles for Musical Director in Back Home Again. He also received a Drama-Logue Award for Musical Direction for Hank Williams: Lost Highway at Mark Taper Forum, and an Los Angeles Critics Award for It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues at the Geffen Playhouse. He is a co-author of It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues. He was the composer and musical director for the stage version of John Irving's Cider House Rules at the Mark Taper Forum in L.A. and the Atlantic Theater Company in New York. He toured and recorded with John Denver, wrote a Christmas song for Kermit the Frog, recorded a 78rpm with R. Crumb and the Good Tone Banjo Boys, played a fiddle duet with Itzack Perlman, and worked as the opening act for Steve Martin. Performance Details: Performances of Back Home Again are at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday with 2:00 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sundays.